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What we know about the Washington midair collision of an army helicopter and airliner
• 10:00 PM
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A jet operated by American Airlines subsidiary PSA was approaching Washington's Reagan National Airport just before 9pm local time on Wednesday when it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. All 67 passengers and crew aboard the two aircraft were
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Rubio to take up Panama Canal, immigration crackdown on Latin America debut trip
• 7:51 PM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be pushing Donald Trump's hardline immigration agenda and addressing the US president's claim to "take back" the Panama Canal when he tours Latin American countries from Saturday on his first foreign trip as America
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Trump floods the zone, leaving opposition drowning
• 7:27 PM
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Donald Trump's opponents have spent the days since his inauguration playing political whack-a-mole over a torrent of orders specifically calibrated to overwhelm and bewilder, say analysts, as the new president gets to work on his radical policy agenda. A
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No survivors after flight collides with US Army helicopter over Washington
• 3:11 AM
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A mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people and a military helicopter over Washington, DC, has left no survivors, US authorities said Thursday. In remarks from the White House, President Donald Trump said the accident marked
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Wednesday, january 29, 2025
Trump plans to detain 30,000 undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay
• 11:51 PM
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US President Donald Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay, shifting the focus from White House chaos after a federal funding freeze order was withdrawn. Trump said a new camp would hold up to 30,00
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Ex-US senator Bob Menendez gets 11 years for bribery, acting as Egypt's agent
• 10:58 PM
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Former US senator Robert Menendez, 71, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for corruption after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were found at his home. He was also convicted of extortion, obstruction of justice and accept
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Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo
• 10:38 PM
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US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay -- distracting from spiraling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds. Trump said he had or
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No, these images don't show massive immigration raids ordered by Trump
• 9:35 PM
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After US President Donald Trump announced that he would be deporting "millions and millions" of immigrants from the US, some users starting sharing fake videos purporting to show the immigration raids underway. We debunk these claims in this edition of T
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A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine
• 8:17 PM
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U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration's unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. FRANCE 24's Charli Jam
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Trump administration withdraws freeze on federal grants
• 6:20 PM
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The White House rescinded an order freezing all federal grants and loans on Wednesday. Acting director Matthew J. Vaeth for the Office of Management and Budget, which issued the freeze order, told federal agencies that the memo suspending the funds had b
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What to watch for at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings
• 9:19 AM
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US President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr faces a grilling before the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday and Thursday, with some senators expressing concern over the former Democrat's hardline anti-vaccine campaign
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Trump offers 2 million federal employees eight months pay to quit
• 4:02 AM
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The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to almost all federal workers who opt to leave their jobs by next week in an unprecedented bid to drastically reduce the size of the US government.
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Climate change made LA wildfires worse, says study
• 3:44 AM
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Climate change was a major factor behind the hot, dry weather that led to ferocious wildfires in LA in January, a scientific study has confirmed. Global warming made the blazes 35 percent more likely, according to the study.
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump freeze on federal aid spending
• 1:16 AM
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A US district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's freeze on funding for federal aid programs. District Judge Loren AliKhan cited "the spectre of irreparable harm" at an emergency hearing after an advocacy group argued the
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Tuesday, january 28, 2025
'War must end, Ukraine couldn't agree more: The question is what do we mean by just, lasting peace?'
• 5:53 PM
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Forget Donald Trump’s appointments to key posts. It’ll be the president himself who ultimately decides whether to strike a deal over Ukraine’s head with Russia, argues Dmytro Kuleba. Ukraine’s former foreign minister tells France 24’s François Picard abo
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Trump orders federal funding freeze in possible violation of US constitution
• 4:53 PM
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US President Donald Trump ordered a pause on federal aid that could affect trillions of dollars earmarked for everything from education grants to medical research to small business loans starting on Tuesday. Democratic senators said the "illegal" order v
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Trump says China’s DeepSeek AI a ‘wake-up call’ for US
• 5:17 AM
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Wall Street panicked Monday as China’s DeepSeek AI surged past ChatGPT, delivering a powerful model at a fraction of the cost, while US President Donald Trump called the industry-changing event a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley to maintain US technolog
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Trump targets diversity in the military, orders 'Iron Dome' short-range missile defense
• 5:12 AM
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On Pete Hegseth's first day as defense secretary, US President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Monday aimed at eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the military and developing an air defense system akin t
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Monday, january 27, 2025
Confrontation in Colombia: Trump and Petro are a "match made in heaven"
• 9:59 PM
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Colombia on Monday sent an aircraft to repatriate migrants from the United States after being forced by President Donald Trump to back down in a blazing row over deportations. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Sergio Guzman, Director of Colombia Risk
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No, these Democratic politicians did not make the same arm gesture as Elon Musk
• 9:53 PM
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A photomontage of four Democratic politicians – Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris – has racked up over 150 million views on X, claiming to show them making what has been likened to a "Nazi salute", similar to the arm gestu
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US puts Colombia tariff and sanctions threat on hold after deportations deal
• 10:14 AM
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The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. Story by Matthew-Mary Caruchet.
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Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats
• 9:36 AM
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Colombia backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation plans. Analysis by FRANCE 24 International Affairs Edit
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Colombia agrees to accept migrants, Trump suspends tariffs
• 5:25 AM
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Colombia has agreed to accept repatriated citizens on military flights, the White House announced Sunday, in response to US sanctions threats. Earlier, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro had said he would only take back citizens "with dignity," such as o
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Colombia to accept repatriated citizens after Trump sanctions threat
• 3:48 AM
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In response to US sanctions threats, Colombia has agreed to accept repatriated citizens on military flights, the White House announced Sunday. Although Colombia has not confirmed, the US will halt plans for new tariffs and sanctions on Latin America’s fo
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Sunday, january 26, 2025
Trump orders tariffs on Colombia after country sends back two US deportation flights
• 7:41 PM
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President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs and sanctions on Colombia following its refusal to accept deportation flights. In retaliation, Colombia implemented a 25% tariff on US goods. Trump also threatened to revoke visas for Colombian officials an
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Brazil outraged after US deportees arrive handcuffed, Colombia to refuse US deportation flights
• 3:45 PM
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Brazil has reacted with outrage after 88 of its nationals arrived in their homeland handcuffed following their deportation from the United States. Brazil blasted Washington over its “degrading treatment” of the passengers and its “flagrant disregard” for
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Planes carrying expelled migrants arrive in Latin America as US cracks down on illegal immigration
• 10:04 AM
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US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala, as President Donald Trump moved to crack down on illegal immigration. Story by Morgan Ayre.
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Saturday, january 25, 2025
Donald Trump fires at least 17 independent federal inspectors
• 5:17 PM
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The Trump administration sacked more than a dozen independent inspectors general at government agencies overnight on Friday in a bid to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress say violates federal law. Internal government
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Trump uses executive power to reinstate anti-abortion pacts
• 11:36 AM
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President Donald Trump used his executive authority to restore U.S. participation in two international anti-abortion pacts, including one that cuts off U.S. family planning funds for foreign organizations if they provide or promote abortions. Story by Si
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Donald Trump threatens aid cutoff while touring disaster areas in California
• 11:33 AM
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President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central
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In pictures: First deportation flights of Trump's presidency arrive in Latin America
• 9:28 AM
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The first deportation flights carrying hundreds of undocumented migrants expelled from the US under newly sworn-in President Donald Trump have landed in Guatemala and Mexico, according to local authorities and the White House respectively.
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'A big victory for Donald Trump': Pete Hegseth confirmed as new Pentagon chief
• 8:21 AM
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FRANCE 24 Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson talks about the months-long efforts by US President Donald Trump to rally Republicans to support his controversial pick for secretary of defense.
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US Senate narrowly confirms former Fox News co-host Pete Hegseth as Pentagon chief
• 3:39 AM
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Fox News co-host and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth was narrowly confirmed as US secretary of defense on Friday, with Vice-President J.D. Vance having to cast a tie-breaking ballot after three Republican senators voted against President
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Friday, january 24, 2025
A president unleashed, A sharpie signing spree, Can Gaza's truce hold?
• 8:17 PM
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This week we examine three major global stories shaping the headlines. In the US, the Trump administration’s return to power has brought bold, controversial promises of American expansionism and mass pardons for January 6 rioters, signaling a dramatic sh
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Trump has no 'groundswell of support' for his policies as he 'doesn't work for the American people'
• 4:02 PM
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President Donald Trump is seeking to reshape the US political landscape, unleashing a blitz of executive orders on everything from mass deportations to the declassification of secret documents on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Ro
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NBA's Victor Wembanyama: 'The human being behind the basketball player is even more fascinating'
• 11:25 AM
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As spirited French basketball fans welcome home Wemby, FRANCE 24's François Picard is joined by L'Équipe's US Correspondent Maxime Aubin. For the first time as an NBA player, Wembanyama is playing in his homeland — the star attraction in this two-game se
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Trump pardons anti-abortion activists ahead of 'March for Life' in US capital
• 10:29 AM
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US President Donald Trump signed pardons on Thursday for 23 anti-abortion activists convicted of blocking access to abortion clinics ahead of an annual anti-abortion march in Washington DC. Organisers expect tens of thousands to attend the event on Frida
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Trump threatens to withhold aid to Democrat-led California on US disaster zone visits
• 9:35 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested scrapping the federal disaster agency FEMA and threatened to withhold aid from wildfire-ravaged California if the state's Democratic leadership did not change its voting laws.
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Los Angeles firefighters up against perfect storm: Climate change and dry, gusty weather conditions
• 8:36 AM
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The L.A. fires have overall caused at least $28 billion in insured damage. All the while, California Republicans are expressing disbelief over suggestions by President Donald Trump & House Speaker Mike Johnson that federal disaster aid for victims of wil
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Firefighters slow spread of wildfire north of Los Angeles, allowing thousands to return home
• 4:58 AM
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Tens of thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes as authorities lifted an evacuation order on Thursday, with firefighters, aided by water-dropping helicopters, finding some success in restraining a fire in the mountains north of Los Ange
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Colombia turns to Venezuela to help 'eradicating' armed gangs in border region
• 3:56 AM
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With at least 80 people killed and 40,000 displaced during a week of violence as rival armed groups battle over drug trafficking territory in northeastern Colombia, President Gustavo Petro reached out to Venezuela on Thursday to propose a "joint plan to
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Trump executive order to end birthright faces legal pushback
• 1:38 AM
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A district court judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump's executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the attempt "blatantly unconstitutional" as per the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. The judge's decision cam
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Thursday, january 23, 2025
Trump signs order to declassify JFK, RFK and MLK assassination files
• 9:17 PM
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to declassify files on the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In December 2022, 97 percent of the Kennedy records
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The Covid Backlash: Trump targets UN's World Health Organization
• 7:11 PM
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In a crowded Paris metro car or at the counter of a bustling café, it’s easy to forget what loomed over us just five years ago. Yet, on the fifth anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown in Wuhan, China, the headlines tell a different story: Donald Tru
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The Chinese interests behind Trump’s Panama Canal bluster
• 6:00 PM
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Panama has begun an audit of a Hong Kong company that operates ports at either end of its canal, aiming to dispel Washington’s fears of growing Chinese influence over a strategic waterway that President Donald Trump has vowed to “take back”.
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Presidents ‘are not kings’: Trump faces legal headwinds to birthright citizenship order
• 2:45 PM
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Pushback against President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration orders gathered steam Thursday with a court hearing the first of a set of lawsuits filed by a coalition of at least 22 US states to block his bid to end birthright citizenship. Many legal e
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Trump names former fast food CEO Andrew Puzder as ambassador to the EU
• 7:29 AM
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President Donald Trump named Andrew Puzder, former CEO of the CKE restaurant franchising group, as US ambassador to the European Union. His appointment comes amid threats that the US plans to hit the bloc with tariffs. Puzder was nominated to be labor se
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Bloomberg to fund UN climate agency after US exit from Paris accord
• 5:21 AM
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Billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation would fund the UN climate change agency after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement. Bloomberg’s pledge will cover the 22 percent of
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Trump issues Davos elites a blunt warning: Invest in US or face tariffs
• 4:39 AM
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In a virtual session with business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said a drop in oil prices could end the Russia-Ukraine war “immediately”. He also said businesses should mak
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Colombia reinstates arrest warrants for guerrilla leaders behind deadly violence
• 3:36 AM
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Colombia reinstated arrest warrants for 31 National Liberation Army (ELN) leaders on Wednesday, responding to attacks that killed 80 and displaced 32,000. The ELN, a 5,800-member leftist militia involved in drug trafficking, has intensified the country's
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'It's the economy, stupid': 'A lot of mixed messaging and concern' over US admin's vision for Gaza
• 12:17 AM
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Even before it was signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a tight spot: between a new US president pushing for peace and far-right allies who want war to resume. Tension is only likely to increase as Israel's emb
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Wednesday, january 22, 2025
New wildfire erupts near Los Angeles, prompting mass evacuations
• 11:57 PM
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A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares) fuelled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing evacuation orders and warnings for more than 50,000 people.
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Immigration clampdown: US military to send more troops to Mexico border
• 11:21 PM
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The US military is set to deploy some 1,500 active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump’s new immigration enforcement strategy. The controversial move comes days after he declared a state of emergency at the border and si
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No, Usha Vance's US citizenship will not be revoked
• 9:30 PM
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This week, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States. Viral claims started circulating shortly afterwards on X, asserting that Usha Vance, the first Indian-origin Second Lady, would lose her US
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Trump tests limits of US presidential power with raft of directives on first full day in office
• 6:59 AM
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US President Donald Trump used his first day in office to issue an unprecedented wave of executive orders that have left opponents rallying to fight him in court, including clampdowns on immigration and birthright citizenship and pardons for almost every
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Trump orders end of government DEI programs, LGBT protections
• 5:37 AM
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US President Donald Trump fulfilled campaign promises on the first full day of his second term Tuesday by moving to end federal policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and and LGBTQ rights. Trump scrapped 78 such executive orders signed
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Trump targets birthright citizenship, pardons more than 1,500 Capitol rioters
• 5:37 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday kickstarted his second term with tech initiatives including key AI investments while targeting immigration, environmental regulations and gender identity. He also pardoned more than 1,500 people who stormed the Capito
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Trump issues wave of pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
• 4:19 AM
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Two days into his second term as US President, Donald Trump announced a salvo of pardons and commutations for people who participated in the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, inciting elation among his supporters and outrage from his critics
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Tuesday, january 21, 2025
